Archive | September, 2015

Algiers will Vote on a 6.35 mill Renewal; West Jefferson will Vote on a 5.5 mill Increase for Operations, Maintenance, Repairs, Rehabilitation and Replacement of Levees and Structures this November MARRERO – (Sept. 16, 2015) – Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans, the organization created to reform the old levee board system following Hurricane […]

Voters in Algiers and West Jefferson to determine future of hurricane protection this November MARRERO – (Sept. 14, 2015) – In 2006, the Louisiana legislature created the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – West (SLFPA-W) in response to the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. “Prior to Hurricane Katrina, there was a grossly inadequate […]

Algiers will Vote on 6.35 mill Renewal; West Jefferson will Vote on 5.5 mill Increase for Operations, Maintenance, Repairs, Rehabilitation and Replacement of Levees and Structures MARRERO, La. – Sept. 8, 2015 – Voters in Algiers and West Jefferson will make critical decisions about the future of hurricane protection this November as they cast ballots […]

Updated levee system relies on ’80s-era funds BY CHAD CALDER| CCALDER@THEADVOCATE.COM Sept. 6, 2015 5:08 p.m. It took seven years, but the West Bank finally has an up-to-date flood protection system capable of meeting the challenges Mother Nature could throw its way. The budget of the agency that maintains and operates that system, on the other […]